Macquarie Entry

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Tailor made for you

Most students who start at Macquarie in any given year are straight out of high school. Right? Actually, no. Students come to Macquarie from different places and stages in their lives. In 2018, nearly half of our commencing students joined us directly from high school or following a gap year. Others commenced their studies after gaining valuable work and life experience. Nearly 35 per cent came to Macquarie having already undertaken further study. As a university ranked among the top 200 in the world we also attract international students to our courses – in 2018 about 13.5 per cent of our commencing undergraduate students were from overseas.

This diversity in our student population enriches our university and enhances your learning experience. Because students bring different strengths, interests and personal circumstances to their studies we believe that our entry requirements should also reflect this diversity. This is why Macquarie Entry is tailored for you.

Let’s find your pathway

Everyone comes to university on an ATAR. Right? No, not with Macquarie Entry. ATAR is just one of the factors we use to determine your suitability for study. It’s true that your ATAR rank can be a useful factor of your chances for success in a specific course. But it’s equally true that for other courses there are other factors we can use to assess your suitability. That’s why we have 10 different admission pathways to Macquarie that assess your suitability on more than a selection ranking based on your raw ATAR or your ATAR plus additional points based on adjustment factors. Let’s show you how.

To best help you follow your ambitions we’ve created a simple Macquarie Entry Navigator. You’ll be able to compare all of our entry pathways and work out which one suits you best – and you’ll quickly discover you have more options open to you than you first thought!

Step 1Choose course

Visit courses.mq.edu.au for a full list of courses available at Macquaire University.

Step 2Support documents

It’s important you submit as much supporting documentation as possible.

Applicants with work and life experience

If you’re a non-Year 12 applicant and you don’t have adequate formal education qualifications, but you do have informal learning and work experience, you can submit a portfolio for entry into a diploma or foundation program offered by Macquarie University International College.

Pathways

If the above entry programs don't meet your personal circumstance you will have options. Explore the following pathways:

Internal transfer enrol in a course with a lower ATAR and transfer into your desired course.

Next Step pathway allows you to study Macquarie units and, if completed successfully, get credit towards your chosen course even if you don’t have the required ATAR or equivalent for entry into a bachelor course.

Internal transfer allows you to enrol in a course with a lower ATAR and transfer into your desired course.

Next Step pathway allows you to study Macquarie units and, if completed successfully, get credit towards your chosen course even if you don’t have the required ATAR or equivalent for entry into a bachelor course.

Open Universities Australia allows you to study Macquarie University units online and at your own pace, building towards a full Macquarie degree.

Need a course to prepare you for a Macquarie degree?

Depending on your academic background and English language proficiency, you can choose the Standard Foundation program or Intensive program. These programs will equip you with the skills and capabilities you need to enter the first year of a Macquarie bachelor degree.

Have you completed a bridging or enabling course?

We accept a large number of bridging or enabling courses – including foundation programs offered by other universities in Australia – as entry pathways to our undergraduate courses.

Domestic applicants with overseas qualifications

If you’re an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or an Australian permanent resident with an overseas qualification, your application will be assessed on the basis of that qualification. UAC provides information on the assessment of overseas qualifications, or you can contact us.

English language proficiency

All applicants for undergraduate or postgraduate coursework studies at Macquarie University are required to provide evidence of proficiency in English. Visit Coursefinder to learn more about English language requirements for your course.

You may satisfy the English language requirements if you have successfully completed:

senior secondary studies equivalent to the New South Wales HSC

one year of Australian or comparable tertiary study in a country of qualification

Admissions transparency

Macquarie University is committed to admission transparency. Based on Commonwealth reporting requirements, the table below shows you our 2018 admissions data for our undergraduate courses.